Oil-burner.



C. EGKLAND.

oIL BURNER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1908.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

CHARLES ECKLAND, or s'rocxroN, CALIFORNIA.

OIL-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

Application led March 25, 1908. Serial No. 423,233.

To all whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES ECKLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State ofCalifornia, have invented'new and useful Improvements in Oil- Burners,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to oil burners of that type employing steam as anatomizing agent, and, broadly and generally speaking, it consists of abody provided with parallel oil and steam passages.

One object `of my invention is the provision of an oil burner whereinthe discharge opening ofthe oil passage is constructed to regulate thehorizontal dimension of the discharging column of oil in proportion tothe quantity of oil fed to the passage.

A further objectV of my invention is the provision of an oil burner withmeans adapted to protect the inner end thereof from the flame and toprevent the oil from carbonizing over the discharge opening of vthe oilpassage.A

A further object of my invention is the provision of an oil burnerconstructed vto permit the oil passage to be readily and quicklycleaned.

A still further object 'of my invention is to provide an oil burnerwhich is simple, durable and eliicient, and which can bemanufactured andsold at a comparatively low cost.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combina-tion and arran 'ement of parts hereinafter fullydescribec claimed and illustrated in .the accompanying drawing, where-1n:

Figure. 1 is a sectional view taken on a plane extending vertically and.longitudinally through an oil burner constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view in end elevation thereof, looking in thedirection of the innerend of the burner, and Fig. 3 is a view in endelevation, looking in the direction of the outer end of the burner.

y Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the bodyof the burner which is of a pronounced elongated form, and which ishollow throu hout its entire length. The body l is divi ed by means of apartition 2, to provide longitudinally extending parallel oil and steampassa es 3 and 4, respectively, the steam assage eing preferably ofgreater vertica extent than the oil passage. The body 1 is provided at apoint adjacent its outer end with a vertically rising boss 5 having apassage 6 communicating with the oil passage 3. Oil is conveyed to thepassage 3 through the medium of a pipe, not shown, secured to the boss 5and communicating with the passage (5 thereof. The passage 6 is arrangedat right angles to the plane of the passage 3, thus permitting the useof a clean-out openlng communicating with the oil passage 3 and adaptedto be closed by va removablev plug 8. Steam is conveyed to the steampassage 2 by means of a pipe, not shown, adapted to besecured to theinlet end of the passage, said. inlet end being made circular, as at 9,to permitl the a phcation of the pipe. A flange 10 depends fiom theupper wall of the passa e 3, and is provided with a horizontally isposedbottom edge l1 and upwardly and laterall inclined side edges 12, saidhorizontall ranged in paral el relation with the lower wall of thepassage 3. Y

Rising from the lower wall of thelpassage 3 are flanges 13 provided withupwardly and laterally lnclined edges, said edges extending from thelower wall of the passage 3 from points in vertical alinement with theends of the horizontally disposed edge 11 of the liange 10 to thesidewalls of the passage. The edges of the liange 13 are arranged inarallel relation with the edges 12 of the lflange 10. The anges 10 and13 the oil passage 3 with a horizonta ly disposed discharge opening 14having laterally and upwardly inclined branches l5. When a certainquantity of oil is fed to the passage 3, the horizontal dimension of thedischarged column, thereof is equal to the horizontal dimensions of thedischarge opening 14. An increase in the quantity of oil fed to thepassage 3 will cause an increase in the horizontal dimension of thedischarged column, the

column spreading equally in both of the branches 15.

A flange 16 which is coextensive in width with the transverse extent ofthe steam passage 4, rises vertically from the lower wall of saidpassage and terminates a short dis tance from the upwardly and inwardlyinclined portion 17 of the up er wall of said passage. The upper edge othe flange lo is inclined, thus providing in conjunction with theinclined portion 17, a ldischarge opening which will direct thedischarged steam upsposed edge being ar provide lla) Wardly and acrossthe discharge opening of the oil passage 3, whereby to thoroughlyatomize the discharged oil.

A block 19 is removably secured to the inner and of the burner by meansof bolts 20 or the:v equivalents, and is designed to protect theinnerend of the burner from the heat of the flame. The block 19 is providedin its inner surface with a recess 21 having its outer wall provded withan opening 22. The recess 21 communicates with the discharge openings ofthe oil and steam passages, and the lower walls 23 of the recess 21 andopening 22 lie in a plane below the plane of the discharge opening ofthe steam passa e 4, providing a plate which prevents the oi fromdrippin from the burner. The discharge opening'o the steam passage 4 isdisposed in an upwardly inclined plane whlch intersects the plane of thedischarge opening of the oil passage, whereby it will be impossible forany oil to escape through the 'opening 2 2 without iirst beingthoroughly atomized by the steam. The recess 21 provides a chamber inywhich oil and steam are thoroughly mixed', the vmixed oil and steamdischarging through the opening 22 in the' block 19.

It should be apparent from the above description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, that I provide an oil burner. wherein theoil will be thoroughly atomized, wherein the horizontal dimension of thedischarging column of oil will be reg' ulated in proportion to thequantity'of oil fed to the oil passage, and wherein .the inner end ofthe burner will be protected from the heat of the ame. As the block 20may be removably -secured in'a plied position, it can be replaced atsmal cost when 'unfit for use. l

Chan es in the form proportions and minor etails of constructionmaybe-made within the scope of the claims without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is:

1. An oil burner comprising a body provided with( o1l and ,steampassages, aviange formed on the upper wall of the oil passage at thedischarge end thereof, said ilange being provided with a horizontallydisposed edge and with laterally inclined side edges, and flanges formedon the lower wall of the oil passage at the discharge end thereof, theedges of said last-named flanges being arranged in parallel relation tothe inclined edges of the first-named ange, said flanges providing theoil passage with a horizontal discharge o ening having laterally andup'- wardly inclined branches.

2. An oil burner comprising a body provided with oil and steam passages,the oil passage being provided with a horizontally disposed dischargeopening having upwardly and laterally inclined branches, the steampassage being provided witha discharge opening disposedv in an upwardlyinclined plane, and ablock secured to the inner end of the body andprovided in its inner side with a. recess communicating with thedischarge openingsof the passages, the

outer wall of the recess benglprovided with y an opening through whichkthe mixed oil and steam are discharged, the bottoni walls of the recessand opening in the block forming a horizontal plate disposed below thedischarge opening of the steam passage.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in-prescnce of two witnesses.

CHARLES ECKLAN D.

Witnesses W. W. HUBBARD, PAUMNE A. RECKTENWALD.

